Seeing David’s earlier post, titled ’Flaming Logos‘, it was clear that a lot of work was put into recreating those 80s motion graphics logos. Plenty of 3D and a good dose of Flame or After Effects I’d wager.
After Effects, Schmafter Effects. Check out how they did this back in the day…
Who needs Maya when you’ve got 6 craftsmen sweating night and day over 3 months, a motion control camera from the ark, and some old school ingenuity.
Hey, I know it’s a 10 minute video, but trust me it’s worth it just for the soundtrack… Altogether now, “Pay a little closer attention to detail…All the things you’re taking for granted… Are just as important as what you see”
Gary Butcher
Posted on Thursday, 13th of March 2008 Permalink
Time to brush up on your design history: Pentagram asked Hillman Curtis to make a short film about them. At the start Paula Scher narrates the partners’ various comings and goings (and demises) at breakneck speed – pay attention at the back!
Did you know that although named Pentagram for the five partners in 1972 (Alan Fletcher was reading a book on black magic at the time) the name only made sense for two years, when they grew to six? Mind you, with seventeen partners now, Pentagram sounds better than Heptadecagram. Link (via Core77)
David Rainbird
Posted on Friday, 30th of November 2007 Permalink
Two guys forced to remake hollywood greats coz they’ve wiped all the tapes in their video store, a questionable plot to say the least. But when the two guys are Jack Black and Mos Def and it’s directed by the genius that is Michel Gondry how can it fail? Out in December, it’s sure to be a D.I.Y Christmas hit, I’m off to remake Jaws in my bath with a tortilla chip, some toothpicks and a yoghurt pot. See the trailer here
Dave Brown
Posted on Saturday, 11th of August 2007 Permalink
While we are on the subject of infographic videos, a heart full of regret, an oversized suit from your Brother, not baring your butt in public, hamster death & virgins are all part of Le Grand Content, a beautiful and amusing film by Clemens Kogler together and Karo Szmit.
Dave Brown
Posted on Friday, 9th of February 2007 Permalink
A little while ago I blogged about high speed movies, now I’m blogging about slow ones! Check out Vision Research’s Slo Mo gallery. Real time is so last year!
Dave Brown
Posted on Thursday, 1st of February 2007 Permalink
I’d not read the greatest reviews of this movie but was intrigued by the concept of a man who’s life was being narrated by a strange woman’s voice. This Kaufman esk script was written by Zach Helm and directed by Marc Forster, and for what it’s worth, I thought it was brilliant. With a great cast, an excellent soundtrack, superb & original script, beautifully shot, what more can a small boy ask for at Christmas! What really stole the show for me was the onscreen graphics, slightly reminiscent of Fight Clubs Ikea scene, beautifully crafted line art illustrations and typography pop up onto the screen during several scenes and interact with the main character Harold Crick (played by Will Ferrell). The graphics illustrate Harold’s Obsessive-compulsive tendencies as his mathmatical IRS agent mind dissects the life around him. These graphics and the also the films official website (also excellent!) were designed by Midwestern US artist collective and design lab MK12. I’m no Barry Norman but I say go see it, the graphics alone are well worth the ticket price.
Dave Brown
Posted on Tuesday, 2nd of January 2007 Permalink
Rabbit is a short film by Run Wrake inspired by a set of vintage educational stickers that he found in a second hand shop in the 1980s. The illustrations by Geoffrey Higham of jam, jewel, idol, ink and others became the ingredients in a “dark story of lost innocence and the random justice of nature”. Since the film’s debut in 2005 it has won numerous accolades and is now online thanks to Motionographer. It’s beautifully written and animated in glorious 2.5 dimensions. Watch it and then check out the background material at Animate! Via Drawn!
David Rainbird
Posted on Wednesday, 22nd of November 2006 Permalink
Sleep well last night? Have any dreams? Steven J Baughman would like to hear them on his Dream Answering Machine. The idea was originally conceived as part of a website to support Michel Gondry’s film The Science of Sleep. However that site’s infrastructure couldn’t support the social networking community that Gondry had conceived so Baughman built it as part of his MFA thesis at Parsons.
Users can comment on any dream and define tags e.g. work, fish, target, alien, tire iron, violence, lakes, stump (!). And if you don’t remember your dreams listen to everyone else’s and dream vicariously instead. (via Fabulist)
David Rainbird
Posted on Monday, 13th of November 2006 Permalink
It was 20 years years ago next year that both David Rainbird and I arrived at The London College of Printing (I still haven’t come to terms with the unnecessary name change (The London College of Communication)) fresh faced and eager to learn the trade. At the time the printing college was undergoing a revolution in the printing processes - The Apple Macintosh was beginning to establish itself in small rooms throughout the college. I still remember the piles of splintered type trays that had been smashed and discarded in the service area behind the college during the holidays. A battle was beginning to rage - would the “new” technology undervalue the skill base of the graphic designer - which was, up until this time, a practical as well as a cerebral process? or would it revolutionise the industry for the better? So it was incredible that there remained a hand type composition room in the basement of the design block, unloved and unsupervised, for a handful of us (David and myself included) to explore and experiment with what was fast becoming an obsolete technology.
And so to 2006 where, and I am happy to say, far from Apple winning the war, the battle is still being waged - or at least it appears to be at the LCP (LCC). A beautifully stylish film by Omair Barkatulla presents both arguments for the old “hands-on” discipline verses the dominant “digital” technology. A lesson for us all.
Nathan Usmar Lauder
Posted on Thursday, 26th of October 2006 Permalink
I went to see the film “Zidane” Wednesday evening, not only because I have a deep admiration for the man’s ability with a football, but also out of curiosity. All I knew of the film was that the directors (Douglas Gordon & Philippe Parreno) took 17 cameras to a Real Madrid game (Real Madrid vs. Villareal, April 23, 2005) and filmed nothing but the enigmatic, volatile Frenchman. A 90 minute real time film of Zinedine Zidane playing a game of football, prety much like the player cam option you can choose on Sky Sports I thought, but I was wrong. Half way between a sports documentary and an conceptual art installation, “Zidane” is a beauitully shot, almost hypnotic insite into the enigma of the great man himself. It drops you slap bang into the middle of the Bernabeu Stadium in front of 80,000 passionate screaming fans, playing alongside an English guy called David and some Brazilian bloke called Ronaldo and takes you through the highs and lows of a Spanish La Liga game through ZZ’s eyes. With a beautiful ambient soundtrack by Mogwai and incredibly atmospheric sound effects, its an absolute must see, even if you can’t stand football! Watch the trailors
Dave Brown
Posted on Friday, 6th of October 2006 Permalink
